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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
“A major survey of 12,000 reveals that 39% of Parisians are regular cyclists. The study also highlights the rapid development of infrastructure in the capital, which is behind this cycling boom!” Posted by the City of Paris (aka @paris.fr) Leadership.
Photo of the former highway along the Seine after it was transformed to a people-place, with stats overlayed.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Among all the mayhem: truly historic news. Western nations need to understand that China is leading on decarbonisation. Doubtful that govts will concede it publicly, but this is where we are.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"You can't carry tools and ladders on a bike" The Netherlands 💪
A man rides an adapted bike with several sets of ladders and other tools on it
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
70 cars vs 1,000 bikes
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City of London Cycling Campaign @citylcc.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The City of London Corporation has welcomed the biggest increase in cycling in the Square Mile since records began!!! Official counts in Oct 2024 saw an increase in people cycling of over 50% since 2022, the largest jump since recording started in 1999 news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/city-cycling...
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City cycling soars to record levels
The City of London Corporation has welcomed the biggest increase in cycling in the Square Mile since records began.Official counts in October 2024 saw a record 139,000 people cycling a day across 30 locations - up 50,000 from 89,000 in 2022. The increase of over 50% marks the largest jump since recording started in 1999.New data also shows footf...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
“A new study from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health confirms what many riders already know—cycling to work makes you healthier, more productive, and even reduces sick days.” “The smartest & healthiest way to get to work,” writes @momentummag.bsky.social. momentummag.com/study-shows-...
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Study Shows Bike Commuting Is Still the Smartest and Healthiest Way to Get to Work
For urban cyclists navigating city streets every day, the benefits of bike commuting often speak for themselves
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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Want to get cities moving? Build cycle lanes These eight cyclists occupy the same space as the single-occupant Kia 5 on the right. Private cars are inefficient in urban areas. Furthermore, for those who still prefer driving, more cyclists means fewer drivers on the road. Win-Win
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De Filmende Fietser @filmendefietser.eurosky.social · 23/04/2025
The Dutch live, on average, 2.4 km away from the nearest supermarket. In urban centres, that distance drops to less than 500 meters. In combination with extensive cycling infrastructure, this ensures that most people don't need a car for daily shopping. Source: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Image of a map of the Netherlands showing, using colored dots, how accessible supermarkets are throughout the Netherlands.

Source: Madison Ketelaars on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7318543547849138176/
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Stuti Mishra @stuti.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Countries have agreed to put a price on emissions from international shipping, one of the world’s biggest and most polluting industries | @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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UN approves global emissions fee for shipping
This is the first time an entire global sector will be subjected to an international carbon pricing mechanism.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A large roundabout in Amsterdam with a bidirectional cycle track circling it. ✅ Priority for people cycling and walking at every arm 🚋 Tram stop underneath 🚲 Ample bike parking built in All modes, integrated and safe. Urban design done right.
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Camcycle @camcycle.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
If Cambridge wants to retain its crown as the UK’s cycling capital, our cycle network must work for everyone, no matter what type of cycle they ride. We’ve been out investigating barriers to cycling today: one of which has been recently installed! It’s time for change to ensure safe access for all.
Josh from Camcycle stands with two bikes by three overlapping metal barriers. Anna from Camcycle struggles to get her cycle and trailer through a pair of closely-spaced metal barriers.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 29/03/2025
For many decades, Freiburg has been expanding tram lines and bike paths, enlarging and beautifying pedestrian zones, optimizing traffic lights, and improving legal regulations. These efforts have been a great success: 79% of all trips are made by bicycle, bus, train, or on foot—the best in Germany.
People walk, cycle, and ride trams along the low-traffic streets of Freiburg, Germany.People walk, cycle, and ride trams along the low-traffic streets of Freiburg, Germany.People walk, cycle, and ride trams along the low-traffic streets of Freiburg, Germany.People walk, cycle, and ride trams along the low-traffic streets of Freiburg, Germany.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 23/03/2025
When Dutch cities first started removing cars from their streets and squares, some cynics argued, “We’re not the Mediterranean!” Opponents claimed they didn’t have the requisite year-round walking and terrace cultures of Spain, France, and Italy; due to the hostile climate. They definitely do now.
Dozens of people sit on terraces in Delft’s main market square. A row of parked bikes can be seen in the foreground, and a tall church tower in the background.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/02/2025
Great news for Camden—removing traffic will improve air quality, make streets safer, and support local businesses. Backed by £500,000 from the London Air Quality Fund, this is a strong step towards a Low Emission Neighbourhood and a fairer, greener city for all.
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Camden Council agrees trial pedestrianisation for a safer, healthier Camden High Street
Camden Council has agreed to trial the removal of motor traffic from part of Camden High Street. This new pedestrianised space will be accompanied by changes to key nearby streets, creating safer and ...
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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 23/02/2025
#CongestionPricing
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently. Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development. www.theguardian.com/global-devel... via @theguardian.com @who.int
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If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children.

Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything.

“Are you feeling all right?” I asked her.

“I feel all sleepy,” she said.

In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.

The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.

On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.
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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
•1 in 34 deaths are caused by cars and automobility with 1,670,000 deaths per year. •Cars and automobility have killed 60–80 million people since their invention. •Car harm will continue unless policies change; example interventions are discussed. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Kids just don’t have this much fun on the way to school strapped into a seat in the back of an SUV
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This is important — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
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Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 13/02/2025
I’m always saying “no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing.” But I wonder if our car dependent infrastructure makes this harder to grasp. Story: Yesterday I rode my bike to/from an event, about 90 mins on my bike in 2°F/-16°C temps. I dressed well for the weather. 1/4
Selfie of Laura riding a bike. She’s wearing a winter jacket, buff, ski helmet and ski goggles. There is frost on her buff.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It's amazing that all cities don't do this.
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A million cars have disappeared: What NYC is like after one month of congestion pricing
Congestion pricing began on January 5. One month in, traffic is down, public buses are faster, and transit ridership is up.
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natalia barbour, phd @nataliabarbour.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It’s 90% culture and infrastructure and 10% the weather.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."
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Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A Finnish 🇫🇮 study highlights that commuting by bicycle significantly reduces sickness absence among municipal employees. Active cyclists, covering over 30 km weekly, had an 8–18% lower risk of sickness absences and averaged 4.5 fewer sick days annually than passive commuters.
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Study confirms the benefits of commuting by bicycle in particular in reducing sickness absences | Työterveyslaitos
An active commute that involves exercise can reduce the number of sick days and lower the risk of long sickness absences. Commuting by bicycle in particular is associated with a lower risk of sickness...
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 01/02/2025
"A 9-year-old child can cycle here peacefully" Last week, an advanced Dutch-inspired roundabout in France opened in Bures-Sur-Yvette. There are currently around 10 examples of these in France, providing users with clear and safe separation from traffic. 📸 Stein van Oosteren
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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Populists often like to exploit a supposed opposition between rural and urban residents to criticize cycle paths. So here’s a photo of the mayor of a French village (350 inh.) proudly standing on the construction site of the 600m cycle path that now connects them to the neighboring town (5200 inh.)
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 01/02/2025
Your regular reminder Delft’s market square was a surface parking lot as recently as 2004. A razor-thin coalition (19-18 votes) initiated a six-month pilot to help merchants realize cars don’t spend money, people do. Years later, no one remembers the controversy or regrets the decision. *Sound on*
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
The world famous Strøget pedestrian shopping street in Copenhagen, from the air, filled with people.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath grist.org/biking/one-m...
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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off as employees earn compensation for every km they ride. 1 in 6 employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year.
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Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to €810 for cycling to work
One in five people in Flanders commuted by bike and received compensation last year, but this figure is significantly lower in Brussels and Wallonia.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Graphics fill of statistics on the efficiency or in efficiency of cars
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Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Paris doubled its cycling rate in a single year (2022 -2023) by sustained and increased investment in infrastructure (read: political will). NYC will likely have a new mayor at this time next year. Which one has the guts to articulate and deliver a similar outcome? momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
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Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it's not stopping
The report delves into the nuances of Parisian cycling culture, exploring the vibrant community of riders who navigate the city's streets
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Denver is too damn high 🚲 @yodelinghippie.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We did it!
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
New evidence that reducing cars is good for business: In London, retail spending was stronger after neighborhoods were added to the Urban Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ). Spending was also higher than in areas nearby but outside the ULEZ. www.centreforcities.org/blog/ulez-ex...
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Most of the solutions to climate change actually make life better, not worse. So we should be moving towards that better future with great joy and haste.
Boulevard Anspach in Brussels, photo by me. It is a wide pedestrian street with people and greenery.
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Listen, not every grandma can go to the doctor by cargo bike, but I absolutely want urban infrastructure to be designed to enable the ones who want to do so! 😃
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 14/01/2025
I drive an 11-year old EV with a new battery, with a range of 475km. The old battery will soon be installed in my home, to power my home on cheaper and cleaner electricity. This is covered in a nice article by @neilmbriscoe.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com today www.irishtimes.com/motors/2025/...
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Don’t scrap an older electric vehicle – just upgrade it
Irish company Range Therapy is now offering Nissan Leaf battery swaps and upgrades
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Sean Whyment @oreganouk.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Would love to see this kind of consideration given when works are happening in Greater Manchester. Still see far too many examples of incorrect use of “cyclists dismount and use footway” signs, and of footways closed off for months/years with no temporary provision.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/01/2025
‘We Must Protect The Pure Aryan Bloodline,’ Says Child After 9 Minutes Of Unsupervised Facebook Access
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‘We Must Protect The Pure Aryan Bloodline,’ Says Child After 9 Minutes Of Unsupervised Facebook Access
PEABODY, MA—Having discovered the social media website open on his father’s unattended laptop, local 6-year-old Oliver Sherman stated “We must protect the pure Aryan bloodline” Friday after nine minut...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
WATCH: “You really get the idea that people are the boss on the street, & not machines.” The GREAT mini-film on one of the most inspiring world cities, #Utrecht Netherlands, via exceptional urban film-maker @streetfilms.bsky.social with @modacitylife.com @bicycledutch.bsky.social & more. #Dutch
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Utrecht: Planning for People & Bikes, Not for Cars
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.
Graphic showing a 9m track for metros can move as many people as a 175m wide road for cars.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/01/2025
i think rage at congestion pricing is a good example of how no one believes that the world can be positive sum anymore. like, people pay a small fee to get access to a faster commute — saving them valuable time — and the money improves public transit, saving other people valuable time. it's win-win!
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 01/01/2025
Today marks the introduction of Zero Emission Zones (ZEZ) in major portions of 14 Dutch cities, including Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven and Delft—intended to decarbonize the logistics sector while increasing the attractiveness of urban areas and decreasing air/noise pollution.🧵
Photos of the newly-introduced Zero Emission Zone in the center of Rotterdam, which only permits electric vans and trucks, as well as cargo bikes, to enter.
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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
American transportation policy in one Google Maps search result
Google search results showing 12 minutes by car, 3 hours by transit
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Matt Grocoff @mattgrocoff.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
😮 WOW Remember, the places humans love are literally never treeless parking lots and highways.
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Matthew Todd @matthewtodd.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Great 🧵 from @greenmattbfd.bsky.social on why providing reliable, accessible and affordable alternatives to driving matters. Leaving people feeling forced to own a car to make their daily journeys just worsens congestion and air pollution and leaves towns and cities grimly traffic-clogged.
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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
The contrast between skiing, an activity where you spend hours outside in winter weather, being seen as a desirable way to spend time, and riding a bike somewhere in the winter, an activity where you spend maybe 30 minutes outside in winter weather, being seen as impossibly awful is weird.
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